Tag: bibliotherapy

Reading Suggestions for Bibliotherapy

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FromĀ Notes From a Typewriter: Bibliotherapy, i.e.,Ā the use of books in coping with emotional distress, can be a great source of comfort and support. "Reading is...

Saved by the Book: Can Reading be More Effective than Medication...

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ā€œStudies show that self-help books can resolve readersā€™ depressed moods, change ingrained thought patterns, and instill a renewed zest for life ā€“ as long as the advice within is scientifically sound,ā€ Elizabeth Svoboda writes for Aeon. ā€œThe literature we choose to guide us should supply proven advice we can trust. But it should also, as Franz Kafka wrote, be ā€˜the axe for the frozen sea within usā€™, bludgeoning us in ways that awaken us to the extraordinary.ā€